NEW Legal Drugs- BATH SALTS

You heard me!  Wow, how things change.  As if the pain killers , K-2 and Spice weren’t enough already.  A new drug has hit the market.  You can find this drug packaged in your local smoke shop as Cloud 9, White Ivory, Ivory Snow, Red Dove…etc.  These drugs have been marketed as bath salts.  Furthermore,  the going rate for half a gram of this stuff can range anywhere from 40-80 dollars!  That’s an expensive baggy of bath salt!

Included in the cost of for some Americans have been the ER bills, psychiatrist appointments, hospitalization, 911 calls and the police involvement in their personal lives.  These drugs have a similar affect to cocaine or methamphetamines.  The active drug in these salts is methylenedioxypyrovalerone or MDVP for short.  MDVP is a psychoactive drug with stimulant properties which acts as a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI).  It has been reported to be 5-10 times stronger than the illegal street drugs it is substituting and also 5-10 times more dangerous.  Calls and reports have been coming in from ERs and police departments from young guys and girls who have abused the bath salts.

Although it says “Not for human consumption,” on the package, complaints regarding these salts say the intention of these bath salts seems everything but that.  These new synthetic drugs, though currently legal, are without question under scrutiny from DA’s and city officials across the country.

If any friends suggests you grab some bath salts at the local gas station or smoke shop, chances are they might have a problem.  The MDVP bath salts are marketed in little plastic containers or decorative palm size “baggies” not much bigger than that of the paraphernalia us “old schoolers” are familiar with.

So to make sure you don’t accidentally purchase pampering luxuries that can result in an unexpected “trip,” I’ve submitted some new rules I think could benefit us all.
Rule 1. If it comes in a little baggy and seems a little pricey for what’s smaller than your palm, don’t buy it.
Rule 2. If whats in the baggy doesn’t look or feel like anything similar to the products you’ve used before- don’t buy it.
Rule 3. If it can’t be purchased at “big name” stores such as Bath and Body Works, don’t buy it.
Rule 4. If the herbal incense looks like shag-weed, don’t but it
Rule 5. If you need to buy it at a smoke shop or Charlie’s gas station, don’t buy it
Rule 6. If you’re paying 50 dollars for soap and you’re not running a laundry mat, don’t buy it
Rule 7. If a punk teenager who looks like a 15 year old version of a member of ACDC is in line buying the same product as you and it’s a school day, don’t buy it.

-Avinash Satz